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The Amazon Rainforest 

The Amazon Rainforest is the world's largest tropical rain forest, covering 
seven countries. Most of the rainforest covers Brazil, and the rest covers 
Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Guyana, Surinam and French Guyana. 
Water evaporates from the oceans and then falls as rain on the trees in the 
forests. This rain collects on the tops of leaves and other vegetation and 
evaporates once again into the air. This is how the rain forests works within 
the Amazon.
Over 5 million different types of animals, plants, and insect species live in 
the tropical rainforest. The rainforest with its abundance of vegetation has 
mysterious and exciting places, some of which are hidden away from the world in 
the maze of the forests.
These forests are sometimes referred to as jungles. These jungles are dense with 
giant flowers, colorful birds, plants, and many types of animals and insects.
The tropical rainforest grows in hot areas around the equator. The area is known 
as the tropics where each day there are 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of 
darkness.
The Amazon Basin in Brazil is located along the coast. It is a tropical 
rainforest with broad trees and giant shrubs. The ground is rich in decaying 
foliage, and small animals.
The Amazon Basin covers 2.3 million square miles. It starts at the heavily 
forested eastern slopes of the Andes then it drops to sea level and from there 
commences the Amazon River.
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